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Aamhi Doghi – Marathi Movie

Watch the trailer of the movie first to get the essence of this post. It is not just a movie review.

“Yekda vatla na ki karun takaycha, mag nanter halhal vatat
nahi.” (If you felt then you should do it, later on you shouldn’t keep thinking
over it), this means “Have No regrets.” Savitri aka Savi (Priya Bapat) tells this to
her step mom Amala (Mukta Barve) who she refuses to eat ice cone despite having
the desire to eat it. We think over any matter thousand times before taking the
action, sometimes we do not even act on it. Why? The one and only reason –
fear. But the fear keeps lurking in our
system and like a leech, regret sucks our peace.

Savi is a liberal, outspoken lady and Amala is the opposite.
Savi doesn’t fear to speak her heart out. But this outspoken and
straightforward personality is labelled as being arrogant. She is rude to her
father who after her mother’s death, keeps himself busy working. He provides
everything to Savi which can be brought by money. The only thing and the
important one, he never gives her is his time.

Amala is shy but not timid. She is wise and makes an effort
to understand Savi. She tries to build a bridge between the gap of Savi and her
husband.

Savi is surrounded with maids, gets whatever she orders. The
lack of attention from her father makes her stubborn. The scene where Savi
informs him that she has got admission in a research center in Mumbai is heart
wrenching. Because she snaps at him, how she has grown up without him never
being around. How he was absent in every milestone she achieved and he wasn’t
the one to educate her regarding puberty and contraception.

We do not realise while chasing money to have a better future
that, no matter what, we as human beings need companionship, quality time with
each other.

I loved Savi’s character – she gets what she aims for with
her hard work. She too has flaws, after all no one’s perfect. When Ram (her
lover) discusses about marriage, she mirrored my thoughts which I wrote about
in the post – Happy Anniversary. She loved him but does not believe in the
institution of marriage. Her explanation – because
love is a personal thing between two people and marriage is a legal binding, as
per my opinion these two are not related with each other. So I am not going to
get married to show this society.

Our thoughts and personality blooms with upbringing and life
experiences. Savi’s “arrogant” nature cannot hide her longing for someone to be
with her. She encourages herself to talk with Amala (Ammi) and bonds with her. She
is unaware about the reason her father married a female half of his age.

This movie paints every color of human personality with its
characters. Though the movie was unnecessary long of about 2 hours which could have
shortened. Despite this, all in all, a must watch movie. There is only one song
(Konate Naatey) in the movie which beautifully depicts the bond between Savi and
Ammi.

P.S. I simply loved the style of Priya Bapat in the movie. Her classy Indian attire with the bindi sparked her confidence.

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